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QUIZ: MOVIES and TELEVISION

 Answer these fourteen questions to score your vocabulary knowledge.

1. A movie or TV ‘audience’ are the 8. What information can a ‘movie rating’

people who …. tell you?
a) watch a movie or TV program a) what time a movie begins
b) make a movie or TV program b) where you can see the movie
c) act in a movie or TV program c) who is in the movie
d) write about a movie or TV program d) how good a movie is

2. The ‘cast’ of a movie means the 9. What can you do with a ‘remote
people who…. control’?
a) watch a movie a) turn on a television
b) make a movie b) buy a movie ticket
c) act in a movie c) learn how to act
d) write about a movie d) meet an actor or actress

3. If you watch a ‘comedy’ movie or 10. Why don’t many people like to watch
TV show, what will you probably do? a ‘rerun’?
a) laugh a) it’s too expensive
b) cry b) they have seen it before.
c) buy something c) it makes them feel afraid
d) dance d) it’s on TV in the afternoon.

4. Which of the following programs can 11. If you watch a ‘sitcom’, what will you
be described as a ‘documentary’? probably do?
a) a talk show a) dance
b) a history program b) cry
c) a soap opera c) buy something
d) a cooking show d) laugh

5. A ‘fan’ of Brad Pitt is someone 12. Why do most people read movie
who…. or TV ‘subtitles’?
a) makes action movies a) to find out when a show begins
b) likes movies starring Brad Pitt b) to find out how good a movie is
c) acts with Brad Pitt c) to understand what people say
d) has never heard of Brad pitt d) to find out how to use a TV

6. If you watch a ‘horror movie’, how 13. What does a ‘TV addict’ usually
will you probably feel? do?
a) happy a) complains about TV programs
b) sad b) fixes broken televisions
c) scared c) watches TV all day
d) angry d) acts in TV programs

7. You can watch a ‘matinee’ at which of 14. If the ‘volume’ on your TV set is too
the following times? high, what should you do?
a) 9:00 am a) buy a smaller TV
b) 1:00 pm b) sit in a bigger chair
c) 8:00 pm c) sit closer to the TV
d) midnight d) lower the sound of the TV

13 – 14 = Excellent 11 – 12 = Very Good 9 – 10 = Study More!

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VOCABULARY QUIZ Movies & TV
Aims Vocabulary practice; self-assessment, or formal assessment
Level Intermediate to Advanced
Time Approximately 10 minutes

ANSWER KEY My Notes

1. A 8. D
2. C 9. A
3. A 10. B
4. B 11. D
5. B 12. C
6. C 13. C
7. B 14. D

Grades
as percentages
14 / 14 = 100 %
13 / 14 = 93
12 / 14 = 86
11 / 14 = 79
10 / 14 = 71
9 / 14 = 64
8 / 14 = 57
7 / 14 = 50
6 / 14 = 43
5 / 14 = 36
4 / 14 = 29
3 / 14 = 21
2 / 14 = 14
1 / 14 = 7
0 / 14 = 0 %

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